2026-2027 Special Education Resource Teacher

About the role

Join a dedicated team that fosters autonomy and creativity, while receiving a competitive salary, opportunities for career and personal growth, and the gratification that comes from creating positive multi-generational change.

Responsibilities

• Support teachers in implementing best-in-class instructional practices.
• Cookordinate and implement small group instruction for students with disabilities, in accordance with their IEPs.
• Manage the delivery of special education services and supports.
• Modify curriculum to meet individual student needs.
• Regularly track student mastery and goal attainment through data collection systems and prioritize highest-leverage data to adapt and improve instruction on an ongoing basis.
• Provide students with clear, actionable feedback to drive continuous growth.
• Lead special education case management and compliance.
• Develop appropriate IEPs and collaborate with general education teachers and the special education team to ensure that all special education related laws and timelines are adhered to with 100% fidelity.
• Build transformative relationships with students and families.
• Support students in meeting yearly promotion requirements through social-emotional support, guided reflection, and one-on-one conferences.
• Advocate for student access to the resources and supports they need.
• Keep families engaged in their child’s progress and collaborate on their education.
• Create and maintain a caring and accountable student culture.
• Implement clear, consistent, logical class structures, routines, and expectations aligned with our student culture model.
• Foster a sense of community through relationship-building among students.
• Hold consistently high expectations for all students and support students to meet them.
• Create a sense of urgency, optimism, and engagement amongst students.
• Contribute positively to the team.
• Build positive relationships with your teammates.
• Lean into your vulnerability as a means of building trust.
• Actively engage in difficult conversations and debate to ensure the best ideas surface.
• Drive for clarity in decision making.
• Seek, implement, and offer feedback necessary for individual and team growth.
• Commit to collective results.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree, required
• A California Single Subject Teaching Credential or Out of State Teaching Credential, preferred; clear path to receiving a teaching credential within a year, required
• Knowledge of special education laws and regulations, required
• Ability to adapt instruction to meet diverse student needs, required
• 2+ years of teaching experience with a strong record of improving student learning, strongly preferred

Qualifications

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to communicate effectively with various audiences (including colleagues, students, families), required

Skills

• Mission-driven professional passionate about increasing college attainment for historically under-represented students
• Social justice champion committed to promoting educational opportunity for all students and families
• Entrepreneurial spirit who thrives in a workplace characterized by autonomy, flexibility, transparency and accountability
• Collaborative team player who works well with others from diverse backgrounds, uplifts and celebrates our teammates and engages in healthy debate and conflict to get the best results for students and families
• Resourceful, persistent leader and learner, constantly seeking to “find a way or make one” to master your craft and improve results.

Benefits

• Competitive and transparent salary ($70,250 to $120,019, depending on background and experience)
• Medical, dental and vision coverage - including a fully-paid medical and dental option for employees and their families - and flexible spending account options
• Paid family leave
• Short-term disability and life insurance benefits
• Fitness and entertainment discounts
• Generous paid time off and holidays
• 403b retirement savings plan, with company matching up to 3%

Pay

$70,250 to $120,019, depending on background and experience

Schedule

Full-time, exempt role that reports to the principal